Graduate Mechanical Engineer - Building Services (Jan 2025)

We are here to help you reach your career destination. 

Whether you want to explore different career pathways or help create a better future for people and the planet, we've designed our early career programmes to guide you through a rewarding journey of learning and discovery. You will gain experience working on real projects with designers, engineers and advisors across different teams, disciplines and backgrounds. 

As you grow professionally and pick up essential on-the-job skills, you will be well prepared to advance to the next stage of your career. 

We are looking for Mechanical Engineering students to be based in the following location: 

• Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland 
• Te Whanganui-a-Tara/ Wellington  
• Tauranga 

This role will sit in the Building Services business unit. 

What is Building Services at Aurecon? 

At Aurecon we bring a design led thinking approach to consider how people will live, work, and use the buildings we design. We focus on forming lasting relationships with clients who develop and maintain sustainable, complex buildings. 

We provide multi-disciplinary specialisations in the buildings team encompassing an array of Engineers including Mechanical, Electrical, Structural, Hydraulic, Sustainability, Facades and Fire Protection Engineers. 

We are proud that our mahi directly contributes to Aotearoa New Zealand’s Built Environment. 

What is Mechanical Engineering?  

Mechanical Engineers work closely with clients and design teams to create economic, sustainable, and resilient building services solutions.   

Mechanical engineers in the Building Services team at Aurecon develop heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for complex environments.  

What are we looking for from you?  

You'll be ready to make an impact. You would have graduated or be graduating soon with a formal qualification.  You will need to have the ability to work on a full-time basis from February 2025. 
 
We'll need you to be studying towards this degree: Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering 

You would have studied the following subjects or areas of focus: 

• Thermodynamics  
• An interest in environmental sustainability design  

And you will bring: 

• Passion for changing the way we deliver carbon neutrality and sustainability in everything we do. 
• Ability to initiate and build relationships with both your peers and clients to push forward the boundaries of what is possible. 
• Enthusiasm for re-imagining engineering and be someone that actively pursues continuous learning to help shape the future. 
• Excitement about your journey with Aurecon. 

Think you know Aurecon? You may be surprised. 

Joining Aurecon means you’ll be at the award-winning edge of innovation and sustainability. AFR ranked us Top 5 among sustainability leaders and Top 3 of all Australasian innovative companies in professional services.  In 2021, we won Engineering New Zealand’s Innovation and Diversity awards and in 2022 we were named in the New Zealand LinkedIn overall Top 25 Companies list.   We recently were awarded Most Popular Graduate Employer by NZ Prosple.

We'’ve been recognised for our innovation culture, gender equality and our LGBTI+ inclusion, including being the first engineering company in Aotearoa New Zealand to receive the Rainbow Tick and the Gender Tick. Our He Rautaki Māori (Maori Strategy) won two Good Design Awards in 2022 for its outstanding contributions in bringing He Rautaki Māori and digital innovation into operations and decision-making processes. Bring your whole self to work! 

Aurecon’s strength has always been our people. It’s our people who build our shared purpose and bring ideas to life. It’s our people who imagine and co-create with our clients a better future for people and the planet. Of course, you’ll probably know lots of our award-winning projects.   

The Fonterra transition to a resilient, low-emissions economy with their new biomass boiler at their Waitoa Factory, that was us. 

The O Mahurangi (Penlink), two-lane road for walking and cycling provide better, safer, more reliable transport options in Northern Auckland. That was us.  

Murdoch University’s Boola Katitjin, which is the first mass-engineered-timber (MET) building in Western Australia? Yes, that was us too. 

And the Tseung Kwan O Interchange in Hong Kong that improved the district’s accessibility amid increasing transport demand? You guessed it, us. 

Ready to bring ideas to life? 
 
Apply online now! We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Visit our website to learn more.

We accept applications from New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and international students with a current visa who are based in NZ.   

Whakahā ngā whakaaro / Breathing life into our ideas, thoughts, views 
Kia māia, kia kaha, mahi tahi / Be bold, be strong, work as one